Ernie Driscoll (John Payne) is an ex-fighter who came within seconds of winning the world championship. He's now forced to eke out a living driving a cab. A basically decent guy, he has lots of people who care about him, including Linda James (Evelyn Keyes), a slightly ditsy actress friend -- but Ernie also has a short fuse, especially where his wife Pauline (Peggie Castle) is concerned. His rage boils over when he spots her kissing another man, but her unfaithfulness turns out to be the least of his worries. The man she's ...
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Ernie Driscoll (John Payne) is an ex-fighter who came within seconds of winning the world championship. He's now forced to eke out a living driving a cab. A basically decent guy, he has lots of people who care about him, including Linda James (Evelyn Keyes), a slightly ditsy actress friend -- but Ernie also has a short fuse, especially where his wife Pauline (Peggie Castle) is concerned. His rage boils over when he spots her kissing another man, but her unfaithfulness turns out to be the least of his worries. The man she's seeing, Vic Rawlins (Brad Dexter), is a career criminal with both the police and his former partners after him, and he sees Ernie as the perfect fall-guy. The law and Rawlins' criminal associates are soon closing in on Ernie, while he tries desperately -- with Linda's help -- to buy the time he needs to unravel this nightmare. Bruce Eder, Rovi
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Evelyn Keyes, Brad Dexter, Peggie Castle, John Payne. Very good. 1953 Run time: 83. Providing great media since 1972. All used discs are inspected and guaranteed. Digital copy/codes may be expired or not included. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority!
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"99 River Street", a 1953 film noir, tells the story of a frustrated, failed heavyweight boxing contender who still needs to hit. Ernie Driscoll (John Payne) was a punch away from the heavyweight championship. But after an eye injury, he was forced to leave the ring, to hold to his memories while driving a cab, and to contend with his sexy, shrewish wife Pauline (Peggy Castle) who expected something better and who is cuckolding Ernie with a violent jewelry thief. Ernie is drawn into the underworld of crime and murder not through boxing but through the death of his unfaithful wife at the hands of her double-crossing lover. With the help of his friend, an aspiring Broadway actress, Linda James (Evelyn Keyes) who has herself used Ernie to advance her career, Ernie is able to redeem himself and escape the bad guys at last. He is able to stop hitting and settle in to a modest, loving life with Linda as they own and operate a gas station.
"99 River Street" is a wonderfully gritty, brutal film with classically noir settings of boxing and cab driving on New York streets. It features tough hoodlums, including a sinister fence named Christopher (Jay Adler) who fronts as a pet store owner in Greenwich Village, the cuckolding jewel thief Victor Rawlins (Brad Dexter), and a violent glinty hit man who works for Christopher, Mickey (Jack Lambert). The film also offers sympathetic portrayals of Ernie's friends from cabbing and of his former boxing manager who still cares about him. The two women in the film radiate sexuality and show its indisputable power over men. Pauline the femme fatale is unsympathetic but sexually irresistible as the demanding wife while the budding actress Linda uses her wiles but also brings Ernie love at the end.
Phil Carlson directed this low-budget B film and Edward Small produced it. Franz Planer did the highly effective black and white noir cinematography. Although the film received poor reviews upon release, it has come to be highly regarded by lovers of noir film with perceptive analyses by Eddie Muller, the "Czar of Noir" and several others that are readily accessible online. This tough noir film shows the value of moving on with one's life and not being trapped in the past.
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